About The Event
We proudly announce the National Materials, Advanced Plastics, Polymers and Adhesives Exhibition and Conference. An all-Ireland High Technology Innovation Show providing a free-to-attend National and International event, being held in the state of the art, centrally located AIT Arena Athlone, Ireland’s centre for materials and polymer research.
A one-day Expo & Conference, MAPPA brings world-class speakers to a highly focused audience involved in Research, Design, Manufacturing, Purchasing and Integration of Materials, Advanced Plastics and Polymers, Adhesives and union technologies, Composites, Coatings, Ceramics and all associated technologies
MAPPA gives the Industry, Policy Makers and General Public the opportunity to learn and participate, as well as facilitated networking with exhibitors and sponsors and speakers
MAPPA wants to offer a 360º perspective from all the points of view and along the full material lifecycle, from design and manufacturing to refuse collection, recycling and reusing. Mappa aims at maximising the impact of research in Ireland on industry competitiveness.
We are organising the conference sessions as storylines with a message. We will select top-level speakers to bring the most up to date information related to each topic and point of view. All sessions will end with a debate or roundtable where attendees can summarise a message from the different perspectives
Where
AIT International Sports Arena
Athlone, Ireland
When
Thursday
18th May 2022
Proposed Conference Topics
Call for Papers now open.
We request papers with relevance to the current situation of our Industry
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PLASTICS in the Environment
- - Ocean Plastics and other environmental problems and/or solutions.
- - Microplastics and the food-chain
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Giving value back to waste materials: The R-cycle
- - Harvesting plastics: Recovering Household, Urban and Industrial refuse; requirements, business opportunites
- - Sorting to increase value
- - Reprocessing into fresh Raw Materials: Quality and Efficiency issues in Recycling and Reprocessing
- - The CO2 Balance of the Recovery-Regenerate-Reuse cycle
- - Design for recycling: Impact of product design in the recovery cost
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Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
- - Latest improvements in manufacturing technologies, less raw material, higher energy efficiency
- - 3D printing as a sustainable process: Can 3D printing reduce plastic usage and CO2 footprint?
- - Ultrasonic Injection Moulding: the new generation
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Plastic or No Plastic, that is the question
- - Should we substitute Plastics and Polymers for Vegetal-derived materials?
- - Biodegradable, Biocompostable: Alternatives to current materials in the food industry
- - Excessive packaging and how to reduce: Is it really adding value?
- - Other bio-materials
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Adhesives and union technologies
- - Does welding or bonding hinder recyclability?
- - Advantages of bonding or welding over overmolding technologies
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Plastics, Polymers and Adhesives in the Medical Industry
- - Plastics have revolutionised the Medical Industry and Healthcare
- - The benefits of plastics in the Medical Industry
- - Cardiovascular-friendly materials
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Event Schedule
Conferences will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Conferences are free to attend
Pre-registration is recommended to grant you a seat
Schedule to be announced
Event Speakers
Speakers willbe announced soon
Event Venue
Event venue location info and gallery
International Sports Arena
AIT Athlone, Ireland
A modern, state of the art facility with capacity to 300 stands and 2500 attendees. Parking, catering, and conference rooms.
Situated in the geographical centre of the country and connected by motorway, less than 90 min drive from Dublin or Shannon International Airports
Hotels
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Request special price for the MAPPA Exhibition
Exhibiting and sponsoring
Exhibitor

Basic stand
1,980 €
2 x 2m Corner stands, equipped with:
- Walls structure
- Exhibitor name panel
- 2 spotlights
- 1x double socket, 240V AC, 1kW
- One 4ft trestle table, white, and two chairs
- Apart from the stand of their choice, according to the descriptions below, MAPPA offers the following
conditions to all exhibitors to create a better experience:
- Free underground parking (one car per exhibitor), with direct access to the main exhibition hall,
- Exhibitors private area with free tea and coffee
- full meal at the canteen for two delegates, the two days
- Exhibitors can purchase extra meals to cumpliment their customers
- Exhibitors take preference as speakers
Sponsor
- The following conditions apply to all sponsors:
- All the Sponsorship Opportunities are only available for exhibitors, except for the Breakfast Briefings, one each day.
- We will display your logo on the Sponsors section of our website and any material distributed by post or email.
- Sponsors take preference to present and speak at the conference in the designated topics. As a Sponsor, you can suggest a topic within the storylines and submit a proposal.
- All the benefits of Exhibitors
Sponsor Opportunities
- After-show Networking event
- Conference Sponsor
- Breakfast Briefing
- Arrival flags
- Registration Area
- Content on TV screens
- Suggest other sponsoring options
- 1.5 x 3m hanging flags
- 3 x 1.5m banner
- "You are here" boards and Direction panels
- Show Planner
- Visitor badges
- Visitor/exhibitor lanyards
Contact Us
Exhibit and sponsor to promote your business
Propose a topic or a speaker.
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Address
Zenith HouseUnit 50, Blyry Bussiness &
Commercial Park
Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland
CONTACt details
Lang | Name | ||
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Tom Burke | +353 87 434 3893 | tom@harpe.ie | |
Carlos García | +34 644 688 964 | cgp@harpe.ie | |
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Mike Cochrane | +1 760 612 4854 | mcochrane@harpe.ie |